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cognizee

cognizee noun: one to whom a fine of lands was acknowledged.

Noun

cognizee (plural cognizees)

  1. (UK, historical) One to whom a fine of lands was acknowledged.
    • the cognizor acknowledges the right to be in the cognizee1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Forms of cognizee

pluralcognizees

Questions about cognizee

What does cognizee mean?
Cognizee means one to whom a fine of lands was acknowledged.
What part of speech is cognizee?
Cognizee is a noun.
What is the plural of cognizee?
The plural of cognizee is cognizees.

Words near cognizee in the dictionary

  1. cognization
  2. cognizaunce
  3. cognizaunces
  4. cognize
  5. cognized
  6. cognizee
  7. cognizees
  8. cognizer
  9. cognizers
  10. cognizes
  11. cognizing

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